Buc-ee’s Putting Itself Above Baytown

Here come more billboard double entendres: The Baytown Sun reports that Buc-ee’s is building a big ’un on the I-10 feeder and John Martin Rd. later this year. And, apparently, the proposed 60,000-sq.-ft. convenience store, gas station, and jerky trafficker will get top billing: Part of the deal — a Chapter 380 Agreement — involves a waived height restriction for the store’s beaver beacon, so Buc-ee’s can raise one 100 ft. into the air. In return, Baytown will get a bit of room to put its own name up there too. (This will be the first time, the Sun reports, that Buc-ee’s will share its sign.) The store’s planned for about 18 acres on the southwest corner of John Martin Rd. and I-10 near the San Jacinto Mall.The Sun reports that it’s expected to open in 2014.

I’ve lived in Baytown and Houston my entire life. People love to hate on Baytown. But if the hard working people didn’t do what they did out there in the refineries…your ass wouldn’t have gasoline or fuel to heat your homes. So be thankful that some are willing to work hard, redneck or not. I am not a redneck, but thank God I’m not a pretentious snob.